# alka
## Alungul
### Noun

alka (ergative alkant)
* spear

### Further reading

* Languages of Cape York: papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974 (published 1976)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalka]

### Noun

alka f
* auk

#### Derived terms

* alkoun

### Further reading

* “alka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “alka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Flinders Island
### Noun

alka (ergative alkata)
* spear

### Further reading

* Languages of Cape York: papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974 (published 1976)

## Hungarian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒlkɒ]
* Hyphenation: al‧ka
* Rhymes: -kɒ

### Noun

alka (plural alkák)
* razorbill (Alca torda)

#### Declension
## Maltese
### Etymology

Eventually from Latin alga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal.ka/
* Audio (Gozo):(file)

### Noun

alka f
* seaweed

#### Derived terms

* alka rqiqa
* alka tal-Pwales
* alka tas-Salini

## Mapudungun
### Noun

alka (Raguileo spelling)
* rooster

#### Synonyms

* alka acawaj

### Adjective

alka (Raguileo spelling)
* (grammar) masculine

#### Usage notes

Used together with the name of certain types of animals to show that they are of the male sex.

### References

* Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

## Mbariman-Gudhinma
### Noun

alka (ergative alkanow)
* spear

### Further reading

* Languages of Cape York: papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974 (published 1976)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* alken m

### Noun

alka m or f
* definite feminine singular of alke

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse alka.

#### Noun

alka f (definite singular alka, indefinite plural alker or alkor, definite plural alkene or alkone)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of alke
* definite singular of alke

### Etymology 2

Perhaps derived from Middle Low German.

#### Alternative forms

* alke (e-infinitive)

#### Verb

alka (present tense alkar, past tense alka, past participle alka, passive infinitive alkast, present participle alkande, imperative alka/alk)
* to pig, to make a mess

### Etymology 3

Compare dialectal Swedish ulka (“to start growling”).

#### Alternative forms

* alke (e-infinitive)

#### Verb

alka (present tense alkar, past tense alka, past participle alka, passive infinitive alkast, present participle alkande, imperative alka/alk)
* to vex

### Anagrams

* kala, klaa, laak, laka

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alkǭ.

### Noun

alka f (genitive ǫlku)
* auk

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: álka
** → English: auk
* Faroese: álka
* Norwegian Nynorsk: alke, alka; (dialectal) ålke
* Swedish: alka
** → Dutch: alk
** → German: Alk
* Danish: alke
** Norwegian Bokmål: alke
* →⇒ Irish: falcóg

### Anagrams

* kala

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin alca, from Old Norse alka, from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ. First attested in 1779.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal.ka/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -alka
* Syllabification: al‧ka

### Noun

alka f
* auk, razorbill (any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alka”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Krzysztof Kluk (1779) Zwierząt domowych i dzikich osobliwie kraiowych historyi naturalney początki i gospodarstwo: A, 2 O ptastwie‎ (in Polish), volume 2, page 68

### Further reading

* alka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* alka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “alka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 25

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* hȃlka

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلقه (halka), from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /âːlka/
* Hyphenation: al‧ka

### Noun

ȃlka f (Cyrillic spelling а̑лка)
* metal ring
* door knocker
* tilting at the ring (game)

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɫka/

### Noun

alka f (genitive singular alky, nominative plural alky, genitive plural álk, aliek, declension pattern of žena)
* auk

#### Derived terms

* alka malá (razorbill)
* alka veľká (great auk, garefowl)

### References

* “alka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse alka

### Noun

alka c
* auk; bird in the family Alcidae

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | alka | alkas |
| singular | definite | alkan | alkans |
| plural | indefinite | alkor | alkors |
| plural | definite | alkorna | alkornas |

### Anagrams

* laka

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alkadak.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈɑlkɑː/, [ˈɑɫkɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑlkɑː
* Hyphenation: al‧ka

### Verb

alka
* to begin, to start

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn